Reasoning and General

Intelligence - BLOOD
RELATION
complicated form and examinees are expected to
solve this complication in order to find out the
BLOOD RELATION correct answer. How does an examinee get aid
of this complication? For this, an examineesees
MEANING OF BLOOD RELATION the given data in the question with a serious eye;
Blood relation does mean biological relation. then tries to establish relation among elements of
Remember a wife and husband are met biologically given data on the basis of certain logic and
related but they are biological parents of their own finally finds out the required answer. In fact
children. Similarly, brother, sister, paternal grandfather, complications in the asked question occur
paternal grandmother maternal grandfather, maternal because of the given indirect relation. It does
grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, niece, cousin mean questions are in the form of indirect
etc. are our blood relatives. relation & one has to convert this indirect
relation into direct relation. For example “only
TYPES OF BLOOD RELATIONS son of my father” does mean „me‟ (myself)-
There are mainly two types of blood relatives: Here in place of „me‟ indirect relation has been
(i) Blood relation from paternal side given in form of “only son of my father”.
(ii) Blood relation from maternal side Similarly, “the only daughter of the parents in
Now, we will discuss both kind of relations one-by one. laws of the husband of Vandana” does mean
(i) Blood relation from paternal side : This type „Vandana‟ herself. In this example also the
of blood relation can be further subdivided into sentence “the only daughter of the parents in
three types: laws of the husband of „Vandana‟ has been
(a) Past generations of father: Great grandfather, given in the form of indirect relation. Below are
great grandmother, grandfather, grandmother given some indirect relation in the form of a list.
etc. Examinees are required to them by heart. If are
(b) Parallel generations of father: Uncles keeps this list in one‟s mind, he/she will find it
(Brothers of father) aunts (sisters of father) etc. very easy to solve problems based on blood
(c) Future generations of father: Sons, daughters, relations.
grandsons, granddaughters etc. 1. Son of father or mother : Brother
(ii) Blood relation from maternal side: This type 2. Daughter of father or mother : Sister
3. Brother of father : Uncle
of blood relations can also be subdivided into
4. Brother of mother : Maternal uncle
three types: 5. Sister of father : Aunt
(a) Past generations of mother: Maternal great 6. Sister of mother : Aunt
grandfather, maternal great grandmother, 7. Father of father : Grandfather
maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother etc. 8. Father of father's father : Great grand father
(b) Parallel generations of mother: Maternal 9. Father of grandfather : Great grand father
uncles, maternal aunts etc. 10. Mother of father : Grandmother
11. Mother of father‟s mother : Great grand mother
(c) Future generations of mother: Sons,
12. Mother of grandmother : Great grand mother
daughters, grandsons, granddaughters etc.
13. Father of mother : Maternal
In the examinations, the questions are given in 14. Father of mother's father : Great maternal
grandfather
complicated way. In other words, in the given Great
questions, the easy relationship takes the
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15. Father of maternal : Great maternal 45. Son of maternal grandfather : Maternal Uncle.
Grandfather /maternal grand mother
16. Mother of mother : Maternal grand 46. Only daughter in law of : Mother
Mother grandfather/ grandmother
17. Mother of mother, mother : Great maternal 47. Daughters in law of : Aunt other than
18. Mother of maternal : Great maternal
grandmother grandfather/ grandmother mother
grandmother grandmother
48. Daughters-in-law of : Aunt maternal
19. Wife of father : Mother
maternal grandfather/ grandmother
20. Husband of mother : Father
49. Neither brother nor sister : Self
21. Wife of Grandfather : Grandmother
21 Husband of Grandmother : Grandfather
SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION
23. Wife of son : Daughter-in-law
24. Husband of daughter : Son-in-law
ABOUT BLOOD RELATION
25. Brother of Husband : Brother-in-law A. Without the information of gender, no
26. Brother of wife : Brother-in-law relationship can be established between two
27. Sister of Husband : Sister-in-law people. For example, If given that R is the child
28. Sister of wife : Sister-in-law of P & Q, then we can only say that P & Q are
29. Son of brother : Nephew the parents of R. But we cannot find out:
30. Daughter of brother : Niece (i) R is the son of P & Q or R is the daughter of
31. Wife of brother : Sister-in-law P & Q.
32. Husband of sister : Brother-in-law (ii) Who is mother of R and who is father of R.
33. Son of sister : Nephew But if we have given that P is a male, Q is a
34. Daughter of sister : Niece female and R is male, then we can easily say
35. Wife of uncle : Aunt that R is the son of P and Q. Further we can
36. Wife of maternal uncle : Aunt also say that P is father of R and Q is mother
37. Son/daughter of uncle/Aunt : Cousin of R.
B. Gender cannot be decided on the basis of name.
38. Son/daughter of maternal : Cousin For example in Sikh community the names like
uncle/maternal aunt Manjit, Sukhvinder etc. are the names of both
male and female. Similarly, in the Hindu
39. Son/daughter of sister of : Cousin Community „Suman‟ is the name of both male
Father and female.
40. Son/daughter of sister : Cousin Remember: Solution Tips
of Mother (a) While solving blood relation based question,
41. Only son of grandfather : Father first of all find out that two persons between
whom a relationship has to be established.
42. Only daughter of maternal : Mother
(b) Next, try to find out middle relation
grandfather
(c) Finally find out the relationship between two
43. Daughter of grandfather : Aunt persons to be identified for this, purpose.
44. Sons of grandfather other : Uncle
Type of problems
than father
(1) General problems of blood relation
(2) Blood relation based on family tree
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Now, we will discuss all the three types of problems one Family + tree:
by one
(1) General problem of blood relation A+ C− Q+
Sample Q: Pointing towards a photograph, Mr. Sharma
said, "She is the only daughter of mother of my
brother‟s sister." How is Mr. Sharma related to the
lady in the photograph? R+ D−
(a) Cousin (b) Sister As per the question Q is the brother of c and c is the
(c) Aunt (d) Daughter in law sister of Q. Hence relation between C & Q has been
Ans. Here we have to find relationship between Mr. presented as C− − Q+ where „−‟ sign above C makes it
Sharma & the lady in the photograph. clear that C is a female and „+‟ sign above „Q‟ makes it
Mother of my brother‟s sister does mean my clear that Q is a male. Similarly for R and D. The
(Mr. Sharma‟s) mother. Only daughter of Mr. +
presentation − D− has been made. Further
Sharma‟s mother does mean “sister of Mr. 𝑅
Sharma”. Hence option (b) is the correct according to the question.A and C are having a husband
answer. and wife relationship and hence this has been presented
+
(2) Blood relation based on family tree as ⇔ C− . As it is already given that C is the sister
𝐴
Sample Q: Q is the brother of C and C is the sister of Q. of Q and A and C are wife and husband, this becomes
R and D are brother and sister. R is the son of A clear that A is the male member of the family and this is
while A & C are wife and husband. How is Q the reason A has „+‟ as its gender sign. Lastly, the
related with D. vertical line gives father and sort relationship and has
Ans. For such type of question a family tree is made A+
in which some symbols are used as below: been presented as ↓ . Now from this family tree it
„⇔‟ is used for husband & wife. R+
„__‟ is used for brother & sister becomes clear that C is the mother of R and D and as Q
„ | ‟ is used for parents (father or mother). is the brother of C, then Q will definitely be the maternal
Parents are put on top while children are put at uncle of R & D. Hence we can say that Q is the maternal
the bottom. uncle of D and this is the required answer for our sample
„-‟ or minus sign is used for female question.
„+‟ or plus sign is used for male.
Now adopting and using the above given
symbols we can make a family tree and solve
the given problem, let us see the family tree
for sample question:

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